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THE  KELEKIAN  COLLECTION 

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ANCIENT  CHINESE  POTTERIES 


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THE  ART  INSTITUTE  OF  CHICAGO 
MCMXVII 


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THE  ART  INSTITUTE  OF  CHICAGO 


THE 

KELEKIAN  COLLECTION 

OF 

ANCIENT  CHINESE  POTTERIES 

DESCRIBED  BY 

JOHN  GETZ 


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CHICAGO 

MCMXVII 


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INTRODUCTORY 

The  Kelekian  collection  of  ancient  Chinese  potteries  de- 
scribed on  the  following  pages  was  partly  exhibited  during 
1914  in  Le  Musee  des  Arts  Decoratifs  at  the  Louvre,  Paris, 
where  it  was  greatly  appreciated,  as  presenting  an  interesting 
chronological  phase  of  Far  Eastern  ceramic  art  in  its  his- 
torical and  technical  development.  Kindred  well  identified 
and  representative  examples  have  been  since  added  to  the 
collection  by  Monsieur  Kelekian,  some  of  which  recalled  to 
this  antiquarian  interesting  old  Persian  and  Sassanian  influ- 
ences, and  these,  together  with  the  former,  are  now  exhibited 
in  the  Chicago  Art  Institute  for  the  first  time,  where,  it  is 
hoped,  the  collection  may  further  facilitate  knowledge  and 
encourage  research  by  the  student  in  this  field.  The  several 
groups,  with  early  monochrome  glazes  and  enamel  painting, 
as  well  as  moulded  and  incised  ornamentation,  including 
Yiian,  Sung,  T'ang  and  Han  dynasty  products,  have  been  par- 
ticularly esteemed  from  the  Ming  dynasty  down  to  the  present 
day  by  native  connoisseurs. 

These  early  glazed  and  decorated  specimens  now  assem- 
bled ofifer  an  excellent  opportunity  for  study  of  the  varied 
aesthetical  features  that  pertain  to  this  fictile  art,  which,  aside 
from  Chinese  porcelains,  received  least  attention  by  the  Wes- 
tern collectors,  except  for  a  few  ardent  and  discerning  search- 
ers or  cognoscenti  in  England  and  France,  as  well  as  here  in 
America. 

In  the  compilation  of  this  catalogue  Chinese  names  and 
dates  have  been  carefully  harmonized,  so  far  as  practicable, 


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with  the  reliable  works  on  Chinese  ceramics,  which,  for  the 
most  part,  give  historical  and  native  chronological  records, 
so  that  it  has  not  been  deemed  necessary  now  to  give  more 
than  a  brief  prefix  or  heading  for  the  several  represented 
groups,  that  shall  point  out  their  main  characteristics  in  such 
manner  as  would  tend,  with  the  catalogue  descriptions,  to 
bring  the  subjects  of  this  Far  Eastern  art  intelligibly  before 
the  general  visitor  and  students  alike. 

John  Getz. 

November,  1917. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  SUMMARY  OF  CHINESE 
DYNASTIES 

(Mjrthical  periods  are  omitted) 

The  earlier  dates  given  in  the  following  table  have  been  calculated  backward 
by  later  historians  from  the  lengths  of  the  reigns  and  other  data  recorded  in  the 
current  annals,  and  must  consequently  be  taken  as  only  approximate.  It  is  not 
till  the  accession  of  Hsiian  Wang  (B.C.  822)  that  there  is  a  general  agreement 
in  the  native  sources.  From  this  time  downward  the  official  Chinese  dates  are 
accepted  by  sinologues  and  Chinese  scholars  generally.  Not  in  every  case  did  the 
dynasties  named  below  rule  over  the  whole  of  China,  but  those  named  are  regarded 
by  the  Chinese  as  legitimate. 


THE  THREE  EARLY  DYNASTIES 
(Known  to  the  Chinese  as  S 

(Feudal  Period) 
an  Tai) 

Name  of  Dynasty 

Hsia 
Shang 
Chou 
Ch'in 

Western  Han 
Eastern  Han 

Number   of  Rttlers 

Eighteen 

Twenty-eight 

Thirty-five 

Five 

Fifteen 

Twelve 

Duration    of   Dvnasty 

B.C.  2205-1766 
"     1766-1122 
"     1122-255 
"     255-206 
"     206-25  A.D. 

A.D.  25-221 

PERIOD  OF  THE  THREE  KINGDOMS 

Minor  Han 
Western  Chin 
Eastern  Chin 

Two 
Four 
Eleven 

A.p. 

.  221-265 
265-317 
317-420 

EPOCH  OF  DIVISION  BETWEEN  NORTH  AND  SOUTH 

Sung  (Liu  House) 

Ch'i 

Liang 

Ch'en 

Eight 
Seven 
Six 
Five 

A.D. 

420-479 
479-502 
502-557 
557-589 

While  the  four  above-named  dynasties  were  ruling  over  southern  China,  the 
northern  half  of  the  country  was  under  the  domination  of  the  Northern,  Western, 
and  Eastern  Wei  Dynasties  (Tartar  House  of  Toba),  as  well  as  of  the  Northern 
Ch'i  and  Northern  Chou. 


me  of  Dynasty 

Number  of  Rulers                     Dt 

(ration 

of  Dvnasty 

Sui 

Four 

A.D. 

589^18 

T'ang* 

Twenty-two 

** 

618-906 

WU  TAI  ("Five  Dynasties") 

Posterior  Liang 

Two 

A.D. 

907-923 

T'ang 

Four 

" 

923-936 

Chin 

Two 

" 

936-947 

Han 

Two 

« 

947-951 

Chou 

Three 

" 

951-960 

Northern   Sung 

} 

Twenty 

« 

960-1126 

Southern  Sung 

« 

1127-1279 

Yiian — Mongol  dynasty 

Twenty-five 

n 

1280-1367 

Ming — Native  dynasty 

Seventeen 

« 

1368-1643 

Ch'ing  (Ts'ing)- 

— Manchu 

dynasty    Ten 

" 

1644-1911 

Republic 

" 

1912 

*  Between  the  overthrow  of  the  T'ang  Dynasty  and  the  rise  of  the  Mongol  power,  early 
in  the  thirteenth  century,  great  portions  of  northern  China  were  ruled  over  by  the  following 
Tartar  dynasties:  Liao  (Khitan  Tartars),  907-1125;  Western  Liao,  1125-1168;  Kin  (Nuchen 
Tartars),   1115-1234. 


CATALOGUE 

Group  of  early  Tz'u-chou  pottery  and  stoneware,  among 
which  are  to  be  noted  varied  types  of  these  interesting  prod- 
ducts  with  their  own  peculiarities  in  painted  or  engraved 
decorations;  dating  chiefly  from  the  Sung  dynasty,  when,  ac- 
cording to  native  ceramic  records,  these  particular  kilns  to 
the  south  of  Ting-chou  enjoyed  special  renown  among  native 
virtuosi. 


-Black  and  White  Libation  Cup  {chiu  pa  pei) 
Graceful  tazza-shape  of  its  period.  Tz'u-chou  ware 
of  dense  light  bufif  texture.  The  exterior  with  a  char- 
acteristic black  decoration  presenting  two  narrow  bands 
which  enclose  isolated  leaf-like  forms  and  small  scrolls, 
while  the  slender  stem  is  simply  glazed  in  lustrous 
black.  Ascribable  to  the  close  of  the  Sung  dynasty,  960- 
1279,  A.D. 

Height,  3  inches;  diameter,  3^  inches. 


2— Small  Brown  and  White  Jar  (hsiao  kuan) 

Typical  high-shouldered  oviform  with  short  neck. 
Bufif-toned  Tz'u-chou  ware  invested  with  a  crackled 
ivory-white  glazing  and  brown  painted  decoration.  The 
details  including  two  oval  panels  that  display  rapidly 
sketched  floral  sprays  and  leafage. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  45^  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 
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3— Black  and  White  Water  Dropper  {tz'u  chu) 

Circular  dish-like  shape  with  convex  panel  and  short 
upturned  spout  supported  by  leaves  on  the  outer  edge 
(used  beside  the  poet  and  artist's  ink  pallet).  Greyish 
buff  Tz'u-chou  ware  with  crackle  glazing.  The  rounded 
upper  panel  sustaininng  a  brownish-black  fish  and  sea- 
weed decoration  on  ivory-white  ground,  surrounded  by 
a  lotus-petalled  border;  whilst  the  underside  is  glazed 
in  solid  black. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  2^  inches;  diameter,  4^  inches. 


4 — Small  Black  and  White  Jar  (pi  Jul) 

Ovoid  shape  with  wide  aperture  (used  for  washing 
artists'  ink  brushes)  ;  thinly  glazed  Tz'u-chou  ware  of 
light  buff  tone.  The  exterior,  with  rapidly  sketched 
black  painting  presenting  three  swirling  feathery  tufts 
(possibly  to  suggest  flying  birds),  while  the  base  of 
bowl  is  left  in  unglazed  biscuit  state. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  4^4   iJiches;  diameter,  5^   inches. 


5 — Small  Black  and  White  Jar  {hsiao  ying) 

Ovoidal  shape  with  short  spreading  foot.  Dense  grey- 
ish-buff Tz'u-chou  ware  with  pale  ivory-white  glazing 
and  small  crackle,  sustaining  three  freely  rendered  floral 
sprays  in  lustrous  black.  The  lower  section  and  foot 
remaining  in  unglazed  biscuit  state  with  yellowish  buff 
marking  in  the  paste. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  5^   inches;  diameter,  6'/^   inches. 
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6 — Black  and  White  Jar  (pi-hsi  tsun) 

Deep  bowl  shape  with  short  foot.  Dense  greyish  buff 
glazed  Tz'u-chou  ware,  with  brownish-black  border 
decoration  showing  freely  painted  blossoms  amid  leafy 
scrolls.  The  base  of  bowl  and  foot  remaining  in  un- 
glazed  biscuit  state. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  7}^  inches;  diameter,  7^  inches. 

7— Black  and  White  Pillow  (tz'u-chen) 

Foliated  shape  with  lobed  sides;  dense  light  buff  Tz'u- 
chou  ware  with  pale  ivory-white  glaze  and  brownish- 
black  decoration.  The  lanceolated  upper  panel 
sustaining  a  flying  duck  bearing  a  stem  of  grain  in  its 
beak,  while  the  edges  are  finished  with  a  leaf  bordering 
followed  by  conventional  leafy  scrolls  on  its  sides. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  5  inches;  length,  12%  x  9}i  inches. 

Note:   Pottery  and  porcellanous   pillows   of   this   dimension 
have  been  excavated  from  Sung  and  earlier  tombs. 

8— Large  Black  and  White  Fish  Bowl  {yii  kang) 
Semi-globular  shape  with  short  foot.  Light  buff  Tz'u- 
chou  ware,  with  uniform  soft  lustred  ivory-white  and 
crackle  glazing;  the  exterior  presenting  two  black  and 
brown  painted  bullhead  fishes,  alternately  with  two  plant 
sprays.  The  plainly  glazed  interior  sustains  an  annular 
biscuit  ring  while  the  rim  is  finished  with  a  striate  band. 

Yuan  dynasty,  1280-1367. 

Height,  6^4  inches;  diameter,  10^  inches. 

^ — Large  Black  Decorated  Bowl  {ta  wan) 

Wide  semi-globular  shape  with  short  foot.  Dark  buff 
toned  Tz'u-chou  ware.     Coated  with  a  light  amber- 

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CHINESE    POTTERIES 


yellow  and  crackle  glaze,  the  exterior  presenting  a  pair 
of  black  flying  storks  amid  cloud  patches,  while  the  in- 
terior sustains  a  mottled  gray  and  drab  crackle  glazing 
with  narrow  black  rim  bands. 

Yiian  dynasty,  1280-1367. 

Height,  6]/^  inches;  diameter,   10^   inches. 


10 — Early  Sung  Decorated  Vase  {hua  p'ing) 

Tapering  cylindric  shape  with  short  contracted  neck 
and  four  loop  handles;  fashioned  after  an  ancient  bronze 
vessel.  Dark  greyish  toned  Tz'u-chou  stoneware,  cov- 
ered with  a  mottled  ashen-grey  crackle  glazing.  The 
painting  in  russet-brown  and  black  presenting  an  aged 
personage  in  court  robes,  surrounded  by  scroll  and  floral 
ornament;  some  exfoliations  appear  in  the  decoration 
from  age. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  10j4  inches;  diameter,  8  inches. 


II — Engraved  Sung  Tz'u-chou  Vase  (hua  p'ing) 

Graceful  ovoid  bottle  shape  with  small  flaring  neck. 
Dense  grayish-buff  stoneware  with  a  heavy  lustrous 
black  glazing,  etched  away  in  the  graffiato  process  to 
form  three  broad  ornamental  bends  that  disclose  the  soft 
cream-white  body  color  under  a  thin  glazing.  The  or- 
nate central  band  is  boldly  executed  with  black  lotus 
flowers  amid  leafy  scrolls,  while  the  shoulder  and  base 
are  encircled  by  formal  black  palmation  borderings  de- 
fined by  white  lines. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  \2%  inches;  diameter.  7  inches. 
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12 — Engraved  Brown  T'zu-chou  Vase  (hua  p'ing) 

Graceful  curving  cylindrical  shape  with  attenuated  neck 
and  flaring  lip.  Buff  toned  Tz'u-chou  stoneware  with 
brown  surface  glazing  and  etched  ornament  in  graffiato 
style,  presenting  large  peony  flowers  amid  bold  leafy 
scrolls,  flanked  above  and  below  by  striate  bands. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,   11^  inches;  diameter,  5^  inches. 

13 — Brown  Decorated  Wine  Jar  (chiu  tsun) 

High  shouldered  oviform  with  wide  apertured  and  short 
neck.  Dense  buff  toned  Tz'u-chou  stoneware  invested 
with  a  crackled  old  ivory-white  glaze.  The  brown  deco- 
ration executed  in  tw^o  shades  consists  of  two  interlaced 
panel  forms;  one  of  which  presents  an  archaic  dragon 
amid  cloud  patches,  whilst  the  reverse  sustains  a  feng- 
huang  or  phoenix  bird.  The  shoulder  being  encircled 
by  a  striate  band  with  four  rosettes  and  scroll  motifs. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  11  inches;  diameter,  lOj^  inches. 

14 — Black  and  Brown  Decorated  Wine  Jar  {chiu  tsun) 
Typical  high  shouldered  oviform  with  wide  apertured 
short  neck  and  spreading  foot.  Dense  buff  Tz'u-chou 
stoneware  coated  in  a  mottled  old  ivory  and  gray  glaz- 
ing. The  sketchy  light  brown  and  black  overglaze 
painting  including  three  quadrifoil  panels,  one  of  which 
displays  a  Taoist  sage;  the  second  holds  a  crane  among 
flowering  plants  and  the  third  conventional  floral  de- 
signs. A  band  of  leafy  scrolls  encircles  the  shoulder 
with  four  rosettes,  while  its  base  is  surrounded  by  a 
palm  leaf  border. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  12  inches;  diameter,  11  inches. 

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15— Engraved  Sung  Tz'u-chou  Bottle  (hua  p'ing) 

Graceful  pear  shape  with  slender  flaring  neck.  Dense 
buff  stoneware  invested  with  a  layer  of  cream-white 
"slip"  that  is  partly  etched  away  in  the  graffiato  process; 
the  design  showing  a  series  of  floral  and  scroll  borders 
of  varied  widths,  covered  with  a  transparent  glaze  of 
ivory-white  tone  that  includes  interesting  zones  of  drab 
clouding. 
Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  12  inches;  diameter,  6%.  inches. 

16 — Engraved  Tz'u-chou  Jar  (hsiao  kuan) 

Small  cylindric  shape  with  low  inverted  foot.  Dense 
buff  stoneware,  invested  with  an  etched  decoration  in 
graffiato  process,  its  details  displaying  a  wide  central 
border  of  leafy  scrolls,  with  flanking  upper  and  lower 
bands  uniformly  cut  in  narrow  geometrical  patterns. 
The  raised  ornament  with  transparent  glazing  being 
delicately  outlined  in  black  and  showing  an  old  ivory 
toned  background.    T'ang  type. 

Early  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  5  inches;  diameter,  4^  inches. 

ij — Engraved  Black  and  White  Pillow  (tzu-chen) 
Oblong  shape  with  concaved  top  (for  the  head).  Early 
porcellanous  Ting-chou  or  Tz'u-chou  ware  with  etched 
ornamentation  known  as  graffiato,  the  rounded  upper 
side  displaying  a  series  of  ornately  engraved  linear  bands 
with  nine  small  floral  sprays  and  interlaced  border  pat- 
terns, filled  in  with  black  against  the  soft  white  (cream 
toned)  body  color.  The  long  white  side  panels  sustain 
etched  floral  scrolls,  while  the  two  square  white  ends 
hold  grotesque  fu-lions. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  4%  inches;  width.  8x4^  inches. 

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CHINESE    POTTERIES 


1 8— Black  and  White  Plant  Jar  {tz'u-kang) 

Quasi-cylindric  shape  with  molded  ornamentation  in 
high  relief ;  light  toned  Tz'u-chou  ware  with  pale  ivory- 
white  glaze  showing  a  crackle  texture.  The  raised  de- 
tails outlined  in  brownish-black,  including  an  archaic 
"earth-dragon"  that  encircles  the  body  and  emits  scroll- 
ing vapor.  The  upper  rim  is  surrounded  by  symbolic 
'Hing  chih"  or  fungus  patches  molded  in  bold  relief,  and 
in  harmony  with  the  spreading  base  where  the  fungus 
motifs  are  supplemented  by  herbage.  A  strongly 
modelled  and  unique  example  of  its  class. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  14  inches;  diameter,  15^  inches. 

19— Decorated  Turquoise-blue  Bottle  (hua  p'ing) 

Ovoidal  shape  with  small  everted  neck.  Dense  heavy 
reddish  bufif  Tz'u-chou  pottery,  with  turquoise-blue 
glazing  under  which  appears  an  archaic  black  decora- 
tion in  the  form  of  two  foliated  panels  that  hold  floral 
details,  while  the  shoulder  sustains  a  striate  band  with 
four  floral  rosettes. 
Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  13^  inches;  diameter,  6%  inches. 

20— Engraved  Black  and  White  Water  Dish*  (chu  hu) 
Shallow  round  shape  with  wide  spreading  base.  Thick 
porcellanous  Tz'u-chou  ware  enriched  with  an  en- 
graved floral  border  in  soft  ivory-white  tone,  showing 
the  ground  picked  out  in  lustrous  black;  has  a  brown 
stained  biscuit  foot  and  earthy  incrustations  from  long 
burial. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  2^  inches;  diameter,  8^  inches. 
♦Used  by  a  Sung  artist  for  his  India-ink-well. 

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CHINESE    POTTERIES 


Group  of  white  Ting  ware,  chiefly  dating  from  the  Sung 
dynasty — an  age  of  achievement,  which  has  been  called  the 
"Augustan  age"  in  China,  when  the  more  peacefully  inclined 
emperors  of  this  somewhat  protracted  era  (960-1279  A.D.) 
gave  patronage  to  art,  literature  and  ceramics. 

One  of  the  characteristic  features  of  white  Ting  lies  in 
the  beauty  of  a  soft  lustrous  glazing,  with  its  creamy-white 
tonality  (pai  Ting  yao),  often  showing  "tear  drops"  due  to 
its  running  in  the  kiln.  Another  variety,  emanating  from  the 
same  northern  kilns,  is  termed  "fen  Ting,"  distinguished  by 
a  "rice-flour"  tint  in  the  glaze;  nan  Ting  is  another  term  for 
the  same  soft  white  types  coming  from  the  southern  kilns, 
while  the  darker  or  ivory  toned  examples  are  classified  as  "t'u 
Ting  yao." 

21 — White  Ting  Chou  Bowl  {pai  wan) 

Shallow  conical  shape;  porcellanous  light  bufif  toned 
Ting  ware  with  soft  cream-white  glazing.  The  interior 
sustains  a  five-pointed  outline  of  the  curious  "stapelia" 
flower  (like  a  starfish)  centered  by  brownish  fleckings. 
The  exterior  glazing  is  completed  with  five  white  escal- 
loped  lobes  that  border  the  rim,  whilst  its  foot  shows  the 
bufif  paste  in  unglazed  biscuit  state. 
Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  2^4  inches;  diameter,  6}i  inches. 

22 — Engraved  White  Ting  Chou  Vase  {hua  p'ing) 
Oviformed  biberon  shape  with  small  everted  neck.  Por- 
cellanous buflf  toned  Ting  ware,  enriched  with  an  incised 
decoration  under  a  soft  cream  white  glazing.  The  or- 
nate floral  scrolls  in  graffiato  freely  covering  the 
rounded  upper  section,  while  its  base  is  surrounded  by 
an  ascending  plantain  leaf  border.  Has  repaired  lip 
with  gold  lacquer. 
Pai  Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  12^/2  inches;  diameter,  7  inches. 
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CHINESE    POTTERIES 


23 — Engraved  and  Colored  Pillow  {tz'u  chSn) 

Quasi-semicircular  shape,  reddish-buff  toned  T'ang  pot- 
tery with  interesting  colored  and  etched  decoration. 
The  upper  panel  with  lustrous  leaf-green  bordering  sus- 
tains an  engraved  floral  stem  with  its  foliage  in  outline 
picked  out  in  leaf-green,  amber  yellow  and  ivory-white 
upon  a  ground  glazing  of  dull  lustred  brick-red.  A 
remarkable  example  of  early  enamel  painting. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  4y^  inches;  width,  14  x  9  inches. 

24 — Engraved  and  Colored  Pillow  (tz'u  chen) 

Narrow  oblong  shape;  fine  buff  toned  Tz'u-chou  ware, 
invested  with  a  remarkable  graffiato  and  colored  deco- 
ration. The  details  on  upper  section  include  a  lotus  flow- 
ered central  panel  with  amber-yellow  ground,  flanked 
on  either  side  by  light  green  crackled  panels  each  of 
which  displays  a  boy  in  cream  white  and  red  attire  with 
etched  outlines,  each  bearing  a  toy  drum,  while  uni- 
formly posed  beside  a  dark  green  tree  and  field.  The 
narrow  sides  with  engraved  bordering  displaying  con- 
centric yellow  scrolls  on  green  ground. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  5  inches;  length,  17^x7j^  inches. 

Note :  Such  pottery  pillows  were  said  to  be  "efficacious  in 
keeping  the  eyes  clear  and  preserving  the  sight  so  that  in  old 
age  fine  writing  can  be  read." 

25 — Gray  and  White  Decorated  Bottle  {hua  p'ing) 
Graceful  pear  shape  with  slender  flaring  neck.    Ting- 
chou  ware,  with  crackled  light  buff  glazing,  presenting 
a  series  of  grayish-drab  bands  in  floral  scroll  and  inter- 
laced border  patterns.    These  ornate  mishima  like  de- 

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tails,  analogical  with  early  Korean  ware,  are  followed 
below  by  plain  grayish-drab  and  buff  bands  with  crackle. 
Has  a  repaired  lip  with  gold  lacquer. 

T'u  Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,   11   inches;  diameter,  5^  inches. 

26 — Black  and  Green  Decorated  Wine  Jar  {chiu  tsun) 
High  shouldered  oviform  with  wide  apertured  mouth 
and  short  neck.  Dense  buff  toned  Tz'u-chou  stoneware 
invested  with  a  lustrous  bluish-green  glaze  over  a  black 
painted  decoration.  The  details  showing  two  interlaced 
panel  forms:  one  of  which  presents  an  archaic  dragon 
amid  cloud  patches,  whilst  its  reverse  sustains  a  mythical 
feng-huang  or  phoenix-bird.  The  shoulder  being  en- 
circled by  a  band  with  rosette  and  scroll  motifs,  peculiar 
to  its  period. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,   11^  inches;  diameter,  10^  inches. 

27 — Two  White  Ting  Wine  Cups  (chiu  chen) 

Cinquefoil  (lobed)  shapes,  joined  to  their  original  hold- 
ers of  like  foliated  forms.  Porcellanous  Ting-chou 
ware,  with  soft  cream-white  glazing  of  even  quality. 

Pai  Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  2^^  inches;  diameter  with  holders,  3^  inches. 

28 — Engraved  White  Ting  Ware  Plate  (pai  hsi) 

Shallow  shape  with  six-foil  indented  rim,  porcellanous 
Ting-chou  ware  ornamented  with  incised  lotus  tlowcrs 
and  leafy  scrolls,  under  the  soft  lustred  rice-white  glaz- 
ing. 

Pai  Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Diameter,  7  inches. 
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29 — White  Ting  Ware  Bowl  (pai  wan) 

Six-lobed,  with  ribbing  and  low  foot.  Porcellanous 
Ting-chou  ware;  evenly  glazed  in  a  rice-white  tone  of 
soft  lustre ;  the  ribbed  exterior  is  without  ornament  while 
the  interior  sustains  a  faintly  impressed  panel  with  fun- 
gus scrolls. 

Pai  Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  234  inches;  diameter,  5 3^  inches. 

30 — Engraved  Tu  Ting  Bowl  (tz'u  wan) 

Slightly  flaring  round  shape  with  narrow  oxidized  silver 
rim*  and  flat  base.  Porcellanous  southern  Ting  ware,  in- 
vested with  a  crackled  glazing  of  old  ivory  tone.  The 
interior  sustains  an  incised  ornament  of  floral  sprays  and 
grasses  while  the  exterior  is  plain. 

Tu  Ting  yao;  late  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  2^  inches;  diameter,  6^  inches. 

*The  metal  rim  generally  to  be  noted  on  early  Sung  ware 
bowls  may  be  explained :  Such  bowls  were  placed  bottom  upwards 
in  the  kiln  seggar — a  position  which  would  not  permit  the  thin- 
edged  rim  to  be  covered  by  the  glaze ;  therefore,  to  correct  this 
unfinished  appearance  and  an  unpleasant  touch  for  the  human  lips, 
a  narrow  rim  of  gold,  silver  or  copper  was  carefully  applied  to 
set  off  and  finish  its  roughness. 

31 — White  Ting  Ware  Jar  {tz'u  tsun) 

Globular  shape,  fashioned  after  an  ancient  bronze  alms 
bowl.  Light  buff  southern  Ting  ware  partly  covered 
with  a  buff  clouded  cream  white  glazing  ending  in  a 
running  line  half  way  down  the  base  and  showing  ''tear 
drops"  on  one  side  while  the  interior  sustains  linear 
wheel  marks.     Early  Xllth  century. 

Nan  Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  5^  inches;  diameter,  8^  inches. 
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32 — Rare  Marbled  Glaze  Bowl  (tz'u  iL-an) 

Flaring  shape  with  flanged  lip  and  short  base.  Porcel- 
lanous  greyish-white  pate  with  a  mottled  white  and 
greyish  glaze,  presenting  a  scrolling  marbled  effect  with 
soft  lustre  and  stained  crackle.  Interior  bears  seggar 
marks. 

Early  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

33 — Rare  Pink  and  White  Ting  Bowl  {tz'u  uan) 

Graceful  round  shape  with  broad  channelled  upper 
rim;  porcellanous  greyish-white  pate  coated  over  with 
a  soft  lustrous  cream  glazing,  which  is  distinguished 
by  a  shell-pink  clouding;  appearing  on  the  interior  and 
exterior  alike.  Only  one  other  example  known  and 
without  parallel.  Provisionally  ascribed  to  the  Tenth 
Century. 

Early  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  Zy2  inches;  diameter,  6]/^  inches. 

34 — White  Coiled  Snake  Ornament  (pai  tz'u-pei) 

Molded  body  with  scales  naturally  coiled  in  rounded 
form;  its  head  appearing  uppermost  (used  as  a  paper- 
weight). Porcellanous  Ting-chou  paste,  thickly  coated 
with  cream-white  glazing  showing  a  soft  glossy  quality, 
together  with  some  exfoliations  from  age. 

Ting-chou  ware.     Early  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  4^  inches;  diameter,  5^   inches. 

35— White  Ting  Ewer  {shui  kuan) 

Globular  body  with  contracted  neck,  expanded  spout 
and  recurved  handle;  porcellanous  light  buff"  paste  uni- 
formly covered  with  a  thick  cream-white  glazing  of 

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soft  lustre  and  small  crackle  texture,  showing  running 
''tear  drops"  peculiar  to  its  provenance. 

Ting  chou  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  8}^  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 

36 — Crackled  Ivory  White  Vase  {tz'u  p'ing) 

Pear  shaped  body  with  cylindric  neck;  porcellanous 
light  buff  ware  (probably  Kiang-nan)  without  orna- 
ment, invested  with  an  ivory-white  glaze  of  even  quality 
and  showing  small  crackle. 

T'u  Ting  yao;  Yuan  dynasty,  1280-1367,  A.D. 

Height,  12^^  inches;  diameter,  6}i  inches. 

27 — Reversible  White  Ting  Pillow  (pai-tz'u  chen) 
Quadriform  with  four  depressed  sides  (for  the  head) 
and  two  square  flat  ends.  Ting-chou  ware,  without  or- 
nament, uniformly  coated  in  a  cream-white  toned  glaze 
running  thinly  on  two  alternate  sides,  which  show  pale 
drab  and  white  linear  bands  with  crackle. 

Fen  Ting  yao;  Yuan  dynasty,   1280-1367. 

Height,  5^  inches;  diameter,   10  inches. 

38 — White  Sung  Ting  Bottle  {pai-tz'u  p'ing) 

Bulbous  rounded  body  with  cylindric  neck;  porcellan- 
ous light  buff  Ting  chou  ware,  showing  slight  linear 
striate  wheel  marks  under  the  cream-white  toned  glaz- 
ing, together  with  crackle  and  some  stained  clouding. 
The  foot  underneath  bears  a  raised  seal  mark  reading, 
"Made  in  the  reign  of  Yiian  Lung"  (discarded  title  of 
a  Sung  emperor). 

Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,   13}^  inches;  diameter,  8j4  inches. 
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39 — Crackled  Greyish  White  Bottle  {tz'u  p'ing) 

Tapering  ovoidal  shape  with  small  flanged  neck;  por- 
cellanous  buff  toned  pate,  showing  linear  wheel  marks 
under  the  lustrous  ashen-white  glazing,  together  with 
brownish  stained  crackle. 

T'u  Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty.  960-1279.  A.D. 

Height,  12  inches;  diameter,  6^  inches. 

40— Sepulchral  Two  Handled  T'ang  Vase  (tz'u  p'ing) 
Graceful  amphora  shape  with  slender  neck  and  flanged 
lip,  bearing  two  serpent  handles.  Reddish  buff  pottery 
pate,  invested  with  a  greenish-grey  glazing  of  soft 
glossy  texture,  showing  minutely  fissured  crackle  like 
glazing,  whilst  its  base  is  left  in  typical  unglazed  biscuit 
state.    A  well  recognized  type  of  its  epoch. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

^Height,  16^  inches;  diameter,  7}^  inches. 

41 — Dripping  Greyish-white  Vase  (With  two  handles) 
Bulbous  jug  shape  (shui  p'ing)  with  a  short  neck  and 
two  recurved  handles;  its  greyish-buff  pate  remaining 
partly  in  stained  biscuit  state,  and  showing  wheel  marks. 
The  shoulder  and  neck  being  coated  with  thick  grayish- 
white  glaze  with  fissured  forms  of  crackle  and  running 
down  the  side  in  dripping  "tear  drops"  that  show  vitre- 
ous greyish-green  tones. 

Posterior  Liang  or  T'ang  dynasty  ( ?) ,  907-936,  A.D. 

Height,  9j^  inches;  diameter,  8  inches. 

42 — Molded  Light  Brown  Wine  Ewer  (Without  handle) 
Ovoidal  shape  with  spreading  foot  and  everted  ewer 
spout;  (handle  missing)  greyish  stoneware  with  applied 
rosette-like  plaquettes  and  seals,  presenting  impressed 

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dragons,  phoenix-birds  and  double  fish  emblems.  The 
body  is  covered  with  a  pale  brownish-yellow  glaze  that 
shows  a  crackle  texture  and  stops  short  near  the  base. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  12  inches;  diameter,  6  inches. 

43 — Engraved  Amber  Yellow  Ting  Bowl  (Tz'u  wan) 
Slightly  flaring  shape;  reddish  buff  pate.  The  interior 
presenting  an  incised  lotus  flower  design  carved  in 
slight  relief  which,  like  the  plain  exterior,  is  covered 
with  a  pale  amber  toned  glaze.  Base  showing  biscuit 
(unglazed)  state. 

T'u  Ting  yao ;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  2%  inches;  diameter,  7^  inches. 

44 — White  Ting  Jar  with  Handles  (tz'u  tsun) 

Globular  shape  with  short  channelled  neck,  supporting 
two  small  handles;  light  greyish-buff  Ting-chou  ware 
with  linear  wheel  marks,  partly  covered  by  white  and 
grey  clouded  glazing  running  downward  where  it  ends 
in  irregular  "tear  drops." 

T'u  Ting  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  6^4  inches;  diameter,  5%  inches. 

45 — Ribbed  Amber- yellow  Jar  {tzu  tsun) 

Bulbous  melon  shape  with  raised  vertical  ribbing  and 
short  rimmed  neck.  Dense  buff  toned  pate,  invested 
with  a  deep  amber-yellow  glaze  of  dull  lustre  stopping 
short  toward  the  base,  which  is  left  in  biscuit  state. 

Probably  early  Sung,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  Sys  inches;  diameter,  6  inches. 
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46 — Tall  White  Engraved  Vase  {hun  p'ing) 

Slender  baluster  bottle  shape  with  small  flanged  neck 
and  spreading  foot.  Dense  buff  Tz'u-chou  stoneware  in- 
vested with  a  layer  of  white  ''slip"  which  has  been  etched 
away  to  form  a  conventional  lotus  flower  band  near  the 
shoulder,  flanked  by  striate  lines,  under  the  translucent 
white  glazing,  speckled  grey  from  age.  Bears  potter's 
kiln  mark  with  the  numeral  san  (three). 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  16  inches;  diameter,  Sy2  inches. 

47 — Engraved  Light  Green  Vases  (hua  p'ing) 

Slender  oviform  with  small  neck.  Dense  greyish  toned 
stoneware  ornamented  with  concentric  floral  scrolls  that 
are  freely  carved  in  the  pate  under  a  light  sea-green 
celadon  glazing  of  brilliant  quality  which  is  further  dis- 
tinguished by  long  crackle  and  thick  running  ''tear 
drops"  at  the  base.  Has  grey  biscuit  foot;  probably  a 
Northern  Chinese  prototype  of  the  thirteenth  century, 
Korean  celadon  ware. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  12^  inches;  diameter,  7  inches. 

Korean  pottery  examples  more  or  less  contemporary  and 
analogous  with  the  Sung  dynasty  in  China.  The  artistic  merit 
of  these  Korean  examples  lies  not  always  in  the  Chinese  forms, 
but  rather  in  the  mellowness  or  softly  lustred  glazes  with 
which  the  earlier  Korean  potters  invested  their  products,  to- 
gether with  a  varying  tonality  and  simple  forms  of  embellish- 
ment. 

48 — Decorated  Olive  Brown  Vase  (hua  p'ing) 

Slender  ovoidal  shape  with  small  flanged  neck  and  gold 
lacquered  lip.    Brown  stained  stoneware  with  yellowish 

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speckled  olive-green  glazing  of  dull  lustre,  presenting  a 
freely  painted  overglaze  decoration  rendered  in  con- 
trasting deep  olive-brown  tones  in  the  form  of  closely 
scrolled  vines,  together  with  a  descending  leaf  border 
at  the  shoulder,  whilst  a  narrow  palmation  band  sur- 
rounds the  base.  An  unusual  Chinese  example  with  an 
intangible  Korean  flavor. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  11  inches;  diameter,  7  inches. 


49 — Decorated  Korean  Vase  (Kao-U  p'ing) 

Oviformed  baluster-shaped  with  small  everted  neck 
and  spreading  foot;  dark  greyish  toned  pottery  sustain- 
ing a  series  of  incised  border  motifs  with  white  {mi- 
shima)  inlaying  in  scrolled  floral  designs  against  a  dark 
grey  glazed  body  of  soft  lustre. 

Korai  period,  probably   fourteenth  century. 

Height,  11 J4  inches;  diameter,  6^  inches. 


50 — Decorated  Korean  Vase  (Kao-U  p'ing) 

Oviformed  baluster  shape  with  small  neck.  Dark  grey- 
ish pate,  invested  with  a  greyish  speckled  moleskin  toned 
glazing  of  dull  lustre;  relieved  around  the  body  by  con- 
trasting white  clay  inlaying  in  the  mishima  style  and 
in  the  alternate  form  of  foliated  panels  with  naturalistic 
plant  motifs  and  trees. 

Korai  period.    Probably  thirteenth  century  (  ?) . 

Height,  12j4  inches;  diameter,  7  inches. 


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Group  of  highly  prized  Chiin  ware,  dating  from  the  Sung 
and  Yuan  dynasties,  among  which  appear  notable  examples 
in  ''mixed  color"  glazing,  so  much  appreciated  by  native  vir- 
tuosi since  the  fourteenth  century.  Though  studiously  copied 
by  the  Imperial  potters  in  Ch'ing-te  Cheng,  during  later 
periods  there  remained  an  appreciable  distinction  between  the 
old  and  newer  products  noted  by  connoisseurs  of  former  times. 
So,  too,  it  may  be  said  that  the  Chiin  specimens  of  the  older 
varieties  possess  certain  attraction  and  interest  for  the  col- 
lectors of  to-day;  thus  such  objects  have  become  the  rarest  and 
most  sought  after  among  Chinese  ceramics. 

The  Chiin  ware  is  undecorated  except  for  a  striking  display 
of  colors  in  the  brilliant  glaze,  often  showing  a  variegated 
appearance  due  to  infinitesimal  traces  of  iron  and  copper 
oxides,  that  became  transformed  by  the  magic  results  of  the 
kilns  in  transmutation  or  flambe  effects.  In  some  of  these  ex- 
amples we  may  behold  "flaming-red"  and  purplish-blue  cloud- 
ing, together  with  soft  old  turquoise  hues  or  the  "sky-blue" 
and  lavender  and  "moonlight"  tonalities,  besides  the  varied 
green  and  brownish  fleckings  or  sporadic  streaks.  Lastly 
should  be  noted  the  peculiar  irregularities  in  the  thick  opal- 
escent glazing,  including  rifts  like  "earthworm  tracks"  (ch'iu- 
yin-wen)  which  are  considered  to  be  distinguishing  marks  on 
the  best  Sung  pieces. 

51 — ChCn  Ware  Saucer  Dish  (tzu  tieh) 

Shallow  rounded  shape;  brownish  stoneware  invested 
with  a  bluish  clair  de  lune  (yiieh  pai)  glaze  of  soft  opal- 
escent quality  and  crackle.     Has  a  light  millet  colored 
edge  and  brown  foot  rim. 
Chiin  type;  late  Sung  or  Yiian  dynasty,  960-1367,  A.D. 

Diameter,  4^  inches. 

52— Chun  Ware  Saucer  Dish  (tzu  tieh) 

Deep  rounded  shape;  dense  reddish   (iz'ii  t'ai)   stone- 
ware.   The  soft  opalescent  crackle  glazing  on  its  face 

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presenting  an  olive  green  celadon  tone,  slightly  splashed 
near  the  border  with  red  and  bluish  clouding.  The  re- 
verse side  shows  a  like  deep  celadon  glaze  stopping  short 
above  the  biscuit  base  and  foot. 

Chiin  yao;  Sung  dynasty   (960-1279). 

Diameter,  5  inches. 

53 — Chun  Ware  Plate  (tz'u  p'an) 

Deep  rounded  shape;  hard  reddish  Chiin  Chou  (tz'u- 
fai)  stoneware,  with  soft  opalescent  clair  de  lune  (yiieh 
pai)  glaze,  including  three  "flaming-red"  flambe  cloud 
patches,  that  show  speckled  purplish  frosting  ]n  the  out- 
lining. The  underside  is  invested  with  a  rare  variety  of 
speckled  crimson  red  that  displays  interesting  fleecy  blue 
and  green  fleckings.    A  superlative  example  of  its  class. 

Chiin  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Diameter,  7  inches. 

54 — Chun  Ware  Plate  {tz'u  p'an) 

Deep  rounded  shape  with  narrow  border.  Hard  red- 
dish brown  Chiin  Chou  ware  with  soft  opalescent  clair 
de  lune  (yiieh  pai)  glaze;  its  panel  marked  by  a  cloud- 
ing plum-purple  and  red  flambe  (due  to  protain  of  cop- 
per), while  the  border  sustains  four  separate  bursts  or 
splashes  of  brilliant  red.  An  even  pearly  clair  de  lune 
glazing  appears  on  the  back. 

Chiin  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Diameter,  7^4  inches. 

55 — Chun  Ware  Bowl  (tz'u-wan) 

Deep  rounded  shape;  hard  brown  burnt  Chiin  stone- 
ware, sustaining  a  clair  de  lune  crackle  glaze  and  with 
opalescent  quality,  showing  passages  of  lavender,  blue 
and  green  hues  on  the  exterior,  while  the  interior  sus- 
tains an  even  bluish  claire  de  lune  nuance. 
Chiin  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  3}^  inches;  diameter,  5^  inches. 
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56— Chun  Ware  Bowl  (tz'u-wan) 

Deep  rounded  shape;  dense  greyish  Chiin  stoneware. 
The  exterior  presents  a  boldly  crackled  clair  de  lune 
glaze  of  opalescent  quality  that  is  carried  to  the  interior 
with  the  added  effect  of  greyish-blue  clouding  and  two 
strongly  defined  purplish-red  patches  of  curious  angular 
formation. 

Chiin  yao;  late  Sung  or  Yiian  dynasty,  960-1367,  A.D. 

Height,  3%  inches;  diameter,  7  inches. 

57 — Chun  Ware  Bowl  (tz'u-wan) 

Deep  rounded  shape  flaring  at  sides.  Hard  reddish 
Chiin  ware  sustaining  a  speckled  clair  de  lune  (yiieh 
pal)  glaze,  with  slight  vertical  streaking;  the  interior 
being  marked  with  a  single  flambe  gleam  of  red;  the 
thick  running  glaze  on  the  exterior  ending  with  an  ir- 
regular dripping  outline  toward  its  base. 

Chun  yao;  Late  Sung  or  Yiian  dynasty,  960-1367  A.D. 

Height,  3^  inches;  diameter,  7}^  inches. 

58 — Small  Chun  Ware  Tripod  Jar  {hsiao  lu) 

Low  oviform  shape  with  broad  rim  and  three  small 
rudimentary  feet.  Hard  Chiin  stoneware  invested  with 
an  opalescent  clair  de  lune  glazing,  that  merges  into  a 
bluish  nuance  at  the  rim  and  toward  the  bulging  base. 

Chun  yao;  Late  Sung  or  Yiian  dynasty,  960-1367  A.D. 

Height,  2^  inches;  diameter,  3  inches. 

59 — Chun  Ware  Incense  Jar  (With  cover) 

Globular  shape  with  short  rimmed  neck  and  two  small 
curved  handles.  Hard  reddish  brown  Chiin  ware, 
coated  with  a  soft  opalescent  clair  de  lune  {yiieh  pai) 
glaze,  boldly  crackled  and  relieved  by  fortuitous  crim- 

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son  and  purple  hued  splashes  which  appear  on  either 
side  of  the  exterior  between  the  handles. 

Chiin  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  4}i  inches;  diameter,  4%  inches. 

60 — Chun  Ware  Incense  Burner  {hsiang  lu  ting) 

Bulbous  tripod  shape  with  broad  everted  rim  and  two 
recurved  handles  that  support  vertical  "ears."  Hard 
buff  toned  Chiin  ware  invested  with  a  characteristic  clair 
de  lune  glaze  of  soft  opalescent  quality,  showing  blue 
and  greyish  zones  with  crackle.  The  upper  edges  with 
thin  glaze  showing  the  usual  millet  tinge. 

Chiin  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  5%  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 

61 — Chun  Ware  Vase  {tz'u  p'ing) 

Typical  ovoidal  shape  with  short  neck  sustaining  two 
curving  handles.  Reddish  buff  stoneware,  invested  with 
an  opalescent  clair  de  lune  {yiieh  pai)  glaze  which  ex- 
tends to  the  interior.  The  exterior  with  moonlight 
(clair  de  lune)  nuance  displaying  varied  mottling  of 
bluish-grey  and  purple  speckling,  together  with  crackle 
and  stopping  short  near  the  base. 

Chiin  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  6  inches;  diameter,  7  inches. 

62 — Soft  Chun  Ware  Jar  [tzu  tsun) 

Ovoid  coupe  shape  with  wide  aperture  and  low  foot. 
Buff  (sha-fai)  clay  pate,  invested  with  an  opalescent 
clair  de  lune  of  the  purplish  mottled  and  streaked  vari- 
ety including  zones  with  pin-head  speckling.  The  fluent 
glaze  stopping  short  in  a  thick  congealed  welt  near 
the  base.     (Mended  with  gold  lacquer.) 

Chiin  yao;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  6%  inches;  diameter,  7  inches. 
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63— Tall  Chun  Flambe  Ware  Vase  {tz'u  p'ing) 

High  shouldered  ovoidai  shape  tapering  down  to  the 
base  with  small  apertured  mouth.  Dense  dark  greyish 
stoneware;  invested  with  an  opalescent  clair  de  iune 
glaze  of  bluish  tinge,  with  light  crackle  merging  into 
lavender  and  greenish  shading,  together  with  sporadic 
amethystine  purple  and  red  flambe  splashes.  The  fluid- 
ized  glaze  ending  above  the  wheel  marked  base  in  thick 
jrregular  outline.  The  heavy  foot  being  ground  oflF. 
Has  teakwood  stand. 

Late  Sung  or  Yuan  dynasty,  960-1367  A.D. 

Height,  13j4  inches;  diameter,  7  inches. 

64 — Soft  Chun  Ware  Vase  (tz'u  p'ing) 

Lobed-baluster  shape;  reddish  buff  Chiin  Chou  pate 
invested  with  an  opalescent  clair  de  Iune  (yiieh  pai) 
glaze  of  pale  turquoise  cast;  running  in  thick  irregular 
ridges  around  the  shoulder,  together  with  crackle  and 
zones  of  yellowish  millet  tints. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  6^  inches;  diameter,  4^4   inches. 

65— Soft  Chun  Chou  Plate  [tz'u  p'an) 

Shallow  rounded  shape;  greyish-buff  pate,  invested  with 
pale  opalescent  old  turquoise  glazing  of  the  clair  de  Iune 
variety,  showing  an  even  quality  with  crackle.  The  re- 
verse sustaining  a  similar  glaze  merging  into  light  olive- 
green  tones. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Diameter,  7%  inches. 

66— Small  Clair  De  Lune  Incense  Jar  (hsiao-lu) 

Low  oviform  shape  with  contracted  neck  and  broad 
rimmed  aperture;  porccUanous  Chiin  Chou  ware,  in- 
vested with  a  soft  opalescent  clair  dc  Iune  glaze  of  even 

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quality,  but  merging  into  a  pale  lavender  cast.  The 
interior  sustains  a  similar  glazing  with  light  buff  toned 
edges.    Kiian  yao  type. 

Late  Sung  or  Yuan  dynasty,  960-1367  A.D. 

Height,  Z)/2  inches;  diameter,  3  inches. 

67 — Small  Kuan  Ware  Jar  (hsiao  tzu  tsun) 

Globular  shape  with  short  flaring  neck,  supporting  two 
small  curved  handles.  Reddish  buff  Hang  Chou  pot- 
tery (?)  invested  with  a  soft  opalescent  old  turquoise 
hued  glaze  of  unctuous  and  smooth  quality  showing 
brownish  streaking  at  the  mouth,  together  with  a  thick 
running  interior  glaze  of  like  soft  tonality.  Kiian  yao 
type. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  434  inches;  diameter,  6j4  inches. 

68 — Small  Kuan  Ware  Jar  (hsiao  tzu  tsun) 

Globular  shape  with  short  flaring  neck,  supporting  two 
small  recurved  handles.  Dark  buff  Hang  Chou  ( ?)  pot- 
tery covered  with  an  opalescent  pale  old  turquoise  glaze 
of  unctuous  quality,  the  exterior  showing  rare  bluish 
stained  crackle,  and  ending  thickly  above  the  base.  The 
interior  is  glazed  in  a  clouded  lavender  tinge.  Rare 
Kiian  yao  or  Imperial  ware. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  5  inches;  diameter,  6  inches. 

69 — Early  Light  Celadon  Vase  {With  open  stand) 

Graceful  ovoidal  amphora  shape  (fixed  in  its  own 
stand).  Fashioned  in  translucent  white  porcellanous 
pate;  the  glazing  showing  a  crackled  greenish  tinged 
"egg-white"  with  a  light  bluish  celadon  nuance  where  it 
remained  thick.  A  refined  example  of  much  archaeo- 
logical interest.    Probably  Jiieh  yao  ( ?) . 

Early  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  6%  inches;  diameter,  2}i  inches. 

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70— Light  Clair  De  Lune  Vase  {tz'u  p'ing) 

Bulbous  oviform  shape  with  short  everted  neck;  fer- 
ruginous greyish  paste,  burnt  brown  at  the  rim  of  mouth 
and  foot.  The  opalescent  light  clair  de  lune  glaze  show- 
ing a  greyish  lavender  cast  with  strong  crackle;  ending 
above  the  base  in  linear  form  with  salient  "tear  drop" 
effect  on  one  side. 

Chiin  chou  type  ;  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  6}i  inches;  diameter,  8  inches. 

71 — Lustrous  Monochrome  Brown  Bowl  {tzu  wan) 
Deep  rounded  shape  with  everted  lip.  Dense  reddish 
brown  pate;  uniformly  covered  with  a  unique  chocolate 
brown  glaze  of  brilliant  quality,  including  curious 
streaks  of  '^hairline"  clouding.  The  foot  underneath 
with  like  glazing  showing  an  iridescent  quality.  Im- 
perial ware.  Tz'u  Ting  yao  (?). 
Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  4%.  inches;  diameter,  6^  inches. 

72 — Large  Brown  and  Black  Bowl  {tzu  wan) 

Wide  flaring  conical  shape  with  narrow  foot.  Brown 
Chien  ware  with  varied  lustrous  glazing;  the  interior 
presenting  a  brown  tone  with  reflet  and  speckling, 
whilst  the  exterior  sustains  a  brilliant  black  color  witli 
silvery  reflections  and  minute  "iron-speck"  markings. 
Honan  temmoku  type. 
Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  3%  inches;  diameter,  8%  inches. 

73— Crackled  Olive  Celadon  Bowl  (Ch'ing  wan) 

Rounded  shape  with  low  foot.  Dark  buff  toned  pate. 
covered   uniformly  with    a   thick   olive-green   celadon 

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glazing  of  smooth  and  unctuous  quality,  surcharged  with 
a  characteristic  crackle;  the  fluent  glaze  stopping  short 
above  the  foot  in  thick  welts.    Lung-ch'iian  Ko  ware. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  3}^  inches;  diameter,  8y^  inches. 

74 — Early  Black  "Temmoku"  Tea  Bowl*  {p'ieh  wan) 
Flaring  conical  shape  with  narrow  gilt-metal  rim;  thick 
black  toned  Chien  ware,  invested  inside  and  outside  with 
an  iridescent  black  glaze  showing  the  peculiar  golden 
brown  and  bluish  streaking  simulating  the  rich  plumage 
on  the  breast  of  a  partridge ;  hence  such  examples  have 
been  termed  "partridge  cups"  or  bowls,  and  referred  to 
as  temmoku. 

Early  Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  3%  inches;  diameter,  7  inches. 

*Bowls  of  this  type  and  period  were  stoved  in  an  inverted 
position,  so  that  the  reversed  rims  remained  unglazed,  and  to 
correct  this  unfinished  appearance,  a  narrow  metal  band  of  silver 
or  copper  was  applied.     Vide  No.  30. 

75 — Small  Dappled  "Temmoku"  Tea  Bowl  (p'ieh  wan) 
Shallow  flaring  shape  with  straight  sides.  Dense  greyish 
Honan  ware,  with  mottled  coffee-brown  and  black  glaz- 
ing of  lustrous  quality,  representing  a  variety  of  the  so- 
called  "hare's  fur"  cups,  much  esteemed  in  Japan  for 
tea  contests  and  termed  temmoku. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  2  inches;  diameter,  5%  inches. 

76 — Lustrous  Brown  "Temmoku"  Jar  {tzu  tsun) 

Ovoid  shape  with  short  straight  neck;  buff  toned  pottery 
pate,  presenting  a  lustrous  copper-brown  glaze  with 
iridescent  greenish  black  dapplings  as  it  merges  thicker 

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into  uneven  billowy  lines  toward  the  biscuit  base.  Light 
"hare's  fur"  type. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  5  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 

yy — Small   Dappled  Lavender  Jar  (hsiang  tsun) 

Pear  shape  with  contracted  mouth.  Dark  buff-toned 
Honan  pottery,  invested  with  a  speckled  greyish-blue 
glaze  showing  a  lavender  cast  broken  by  interesting  pas- 
sages of  deep  buff  and  warm  dove-grey  patches.  The 
opalescent  glaze  ending  thickly  in  fairly  straight  welts 
above  the  ferruginous  biscuit  foot.  Kiian  or  Chiin  yao 
type. 
Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  3^  inches;  diameter,  4%  inches. 

78— Small  Brownish  Crackle  Bottle  {hua  p'ing) 

Globular  shape  with  small  everted  neck;  dark  greyish 
toned  stoneware  invested  with  a  brownish  cafe  au  lait 
clouded  glaze,  showing  varied  zones  of  stone  grey 
crackle  and  brilliancy  with  unctuous  quality.  Ko  yao 
type. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  3  inches;  diameter,  3  inches. 

79 — Small  Mottled  Drab  Bowl  {tz'u  wan) 

Shallow  conical  shape  with  flaring  sides  and  small  foot. 
Porcellanous  greyish  pate,  coated  with  a  translucent 
crackle  glaze  of  mottled  grey  hue;  the  interior  showing 
cafe  au  lait  dappling  amid  olive-green  and  brown  stain- 
ing (from  wear  and  age)  while  the  exterior  sustains 
similar  drab  and  warm  buff  clouding  without  the  green- 
ish passages  noted  inside. 

Probably  a  pre- Sung  dynasty  example. 

Height,  2  inches;  diameter,  4y2  inches. 
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80 — T'ang  Brown  and  Grey  Splashed  Jar  {tz'u  tsun) 
Globular  shape  with  low  everted  neck  presenting  a 
channelled  rim.  Greyish-buff  pate,  with  a  dull  lustred 
olive-brown  underglaze  sustaining  an  overglazing  in 
light  greyish-blue  splashes  with  frosted  flecking,  ending 
in  irregular  curving  outlines  above  the  biscuit  foot.  An 
early  prototype  of  the  Japanese  Takatori  potteries. 

Pre-Sung  or  T'ang  type.     Circa  tenth  century. 

Height,  4^  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 

81 — Pale  Russet  and  Yellow  Flambe  (tz'u  tsun) 

Graceful  ovoid  shape  with  short  everted  neck;  brownish 
stained  pottery  with  a  soft  lustred  old  russet-red  and 
amber-yellow  glazing  in  fortuitous  flambe  effect,  pre- 
senting an  unusual  serrated  clouding  and  flecking,  the 
smooth  fluent  glazing  of  rare  quality,  ending  above  the 
brownish  stained  biscuit  foot. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,   5  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 

82 — Pale  Chocolate  Brown  Jar  (With  cover  en  suite) 
Globular  shape  with  vertical  melon-like  ribs  and  short 
rimmed  neck,  including  original  low  conical  cover. 
Dense  grey  porcellanous  pate,  invested  with  a  soft  lus- 
tred "chocolate  brown"  glazing  of  dull  old  copper  tint 
(hsien  hung). 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  5  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 

83 — Brown  and  Greyish-blue  Flambe  Jar  (tzu  kuan) 
Globular  shape  with  small  everted  neck  and  flanged  lip. 
Brownish  stained  pate  with  dull  lustred  brown  under- 
glaze, sustaining  salient  greyish-blue  and  olive  flambe 

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markings  around  the  neck  and  shoulder.  The  brown 
body  glazing  stopping  short  toward  the  wheel-marked 
and  stained  biscuit  base.  An  early  prototype  of  Japan- 
ese Takatori  pottery. 

Pre-Sung  or  T'ang  dynasty  type. 

Height,  8}i  inches;  diameter,  6  inches. 

g^ — Small  Turquoise-blue  Jar  (Chiao  tz'u  tsun) 

Ribbed  melon  shaped  with  short  rimmed  neck  and 
showing  impressed  scroll  border  around  the  shoulder. 
Brown  stained  pate  invested  with  a  turquoise-blue  glaze 
of  translucent  quality;  recalling  Persian  or  Syrian 
pottery.  Bears  an  incuse  mark  in  two  characters  {yii 
chin)  "precious  like  jade." 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  2^  inches;  diameter,  4  inches. 

85 — Black   Glazed  Vase  (wu-ni  p'ing) 

Glazed  pear  shaped  with  slender  flaring  neck  and  low 
foot.  Dense  buflf  ware  showing  linear  wheel  marks 
under  the  lustrous  black  glaze  {ivu-ni)  together  with 
very  minute  and  even  brownish  speckling.  Black  Tz'u- 
chou  ware  ( ?). 
Sung  dynasty.  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,   11  inches;  diameter,  5^  inches. 

86 — Brown  and  Black  Speckled  Vase  (wu-ni  p'iny) 
Tall  cylindrical  shape  with  short  compressed  neck. 
Dark  stained  buflf  pate  with  black  glaze  showing  olive- 
brown  speckling  and  capriciously  marked  by  a  frosted 
dripping  with  "tear  drops"  running  through  its  centre, 
probably  due  to  an  overglazing  as  on  later  Japanese 
Takatori  pottery. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,   19  inches;  diameter,  6  inches 

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87 — Lustrous  Black  Bottle  {wu-ni  p'ing) 

Globular  shape  with  small  apertured  neck.  Sandy  red- 
dish-buff Honan  pottery,  coated  with  a  brilliant  black 
glaze  {wu-ni)  of  even  quality,  ending  near  the  base  with 
short  drippings  like  tear  drops.    Black  temmoku  type. 

Late  Sung  or  Yiian  dynasty,  960-1367,  A.D. 

Height,  8  inches;  diameter,  TYz  inches. 

88 — Early  Mirror  Glazed  Coupe  {wu-ni  chan) 

Ovoidal  cup  shape  with  small  foot.  Dense  bufif  toned 
Tz'u  chou  ware  invested  with  a  brilliant  black  enamel 
glaze,  stopping  short  in  an  uneven  welt  above  the  bufif 
biscuit  foot. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  ZYz  inches;  diameter,  3^  inches. 

89 — Two  Early  Glazed  Vases  {wu-ni  p'ing) 

Quasi-cylindrical  shape,  with  short  everted  necks. 
Dark-greyish  wheel-marked  pate,  invested  with  a  soft 
lustred  black  glaze,  with  minute  flecking.    Early  types. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  8  inches;  diameter,  4  inches. 

90 — Black  and  White  Ting  Yao  Bowl  {tz'u  wan) 

Shallow  rounded  shape;  porcellanous  Ting  chou  pate 
invested,  on  both  the  exterior  and  interior,  with  a  bril- 
liant brownish  black  glaze,  leaving  a  cream  white 
glazed  rim  on  either  side.    Early  type. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  2  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 
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91— Engraved  Olive  Green  Bottle  (tz'u  p'iny) 

Bulbous  ovoidal  shape  with  small  apertured  neck. 
Dense  brown  stained  stoneware,  coated  with  a  soft  lus- 
tred  olive-green  glaze  flecked  with  "tea-green"  (proto- 
type of  a  much  later  product),  engraved  in  archaic 
scrolling  design  and  ending  in  an  irregular  fluent  line 
above  the  stained  biscuit  base.    Early  type. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,   11^4  inches;  diameter,  8^  inches   (?). 

92 — Decorated  Green  and  Yellow  Bottle  (tz'u  p'ing) 
Bulbous  ovoid  shape  with  small  apertured  neck  and 
flanged  lip.  Brownish  stained  stoneware  presenting  a 
brownish  green  speckled  glazing  of  dull  lustre,  with 
superimposed  decoration  in  yellow  and  green  flecked 
scroll  design.  Egori  style.  The  flat  biscuit  foot  under- 
neath bears  a  potter's  private  mark. 

Probably  pre-Sung  of  the  ninth  or  tenth  century  (  ?). 

Height,  14^  inches;  diameter,  12  inches. 

93 — Decorated  Brown  and  Black  Bottle  (hua  p'ing) 
Globular  shape  with  small  compressed  neck;  dense  buff 
toned  pate,  showing  linear  wheel  marks  under  a  soft  iri- 
descent black  glazing,  relieved  by  an  archaic  brown  leaf 
decoration.  The  foot  underneath  bears  numeral  mark 
"erh"  (2)  of  potter.    Early  type. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  \2y^  inches;  diameter,   10  inches. 

94 — Olive-brown  and  Etched  Vase  [hua  tz'u  p'ing) 
Bulbous  pear  shape  with  attenuated  flaring  neck.    Dense 
dark  grey  stoneware,  with   the  upper  zone  in  olive- 
green  glazing  involving  an  etched  and  pricked  border 

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design  of  archaic  scrolls  picked  out  in  black  enamel  out- 
lining and  separated  from  the  metallic  brown  lower  sec- 
tion by  a  straight  welt  of  bluish-grey  frosting. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  9ys  inches;  diameter,  6^  inches. 


95 — Decorated  Green  and  Black  Vase  {lU  tz'u  p'ing) 
Slender  pear  shape  with  slightly  spreading  neck;  dense 
reddish-bufif  pottery  pate  with  lustrous  emerald-green 
glazing  and  fine  (yu-tz'u)  crackle,  sustaining  a  black 
overglaze  decoration  in  the  form  of  a  leafy  vine. 

T'ang  dynasty. 

Height,  10  inches;  diameter,  4^  inches. 


Group  of  the  more  ancient  example  in  glazed  Chinese 
potteries,  comprehending  pre-Sung,  T'ang  and  Han  objects  of 
typical  forms  and  early  colors,  unearthed  in  northern  China 
during  recent  years,  whose  existence  was  almost  unknown 
in  the  last  decade.  Such  wonderful  finds  have  helped  to 
stimulate  a  widespread  interest  amongst  collectors,  as  rep- 
resenting those  precursory  phases  in  the  development  of  cera- 
mic art,  that  practically  reached  its  noblest  forms  under  the 
Sung  emperors. 


96 — Monochrome  Peacock  Blue  Vase  {k'ung-chiio-lii 
p'ing) 
Tall  ovoidal  shape  with  small  gilt-metal  rimmed  aper- 
ture. Dense  hufi  pate  showing  linear  "wheel  made 
ridges"  under  lustrous  peacock  blue  (k'ung-chiio-lii) 
glaze.    Has  a  sunken  biscuit  foot. 

Yiian  dynasty,  1280-1368,  A.D. 

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97 — Mottled  Green  Glazed  Vase  (Lu  tz'u  p'ing) 

Quasi-cylindric  shape  with  short  and  slightly  constricted 
neck,  fashioned  after  a  Han  granary  urn.  Dense  red- 
dish-brown pottery  pate  sustaining  a  dark  mottled  cu- 
cumber-green glaze  with  brownish  black  vertical  streak- 
ing, exfoliations  of  the  glaze  appearing  on  one  side  near 
its  foot. 

Sui  or  pre-T'ang  dynasty,  581-906,  A.D. 

Height,  10^  inches;  diameter,  6  inches. 

98 — Mottled  Peacock  Blue  Vase  {K'ung  chi'io  lu  p'ing) 
Curving  quadrangular  shape  with  tall  everted  neck  and 
short  spreading  foot.  Dense  buff  toned  pate  sustaining 
a  thickly  mottled  peacock-blue  glaze,  with  leaping 
fluent  quality,  merging  here  and  there  into  greenish 
clouding.    Has  a  flat  biscuit  foot. 

Yiian  dynasty,  1280-1367. 

Height,  15  inches;  zvidth,  AYz  inches. 

99 — Speckled  Lapis  Blue  Vase  (Ching  lu  p'ing) 

High  shouldered  clavated  shape  tapering  down  to  the 
foot  and  with  short  rimmed  mouth.  Dense  buf¥  toned 
pate  invested  with  a  salient  flowing  lapis-blue  glaze  run- 
ning in  irregular  scale-like  congealed  welts  and  show- 
ing white  speckling  amid  greenish  hued  splashes.  Has  a 
flat  biscuit  foot. 

Late  Sung  dynasty  type,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  8^  inches;  diameter,  6J/4  inches. 

100 — Malachite-green  Wine  Ewer  (IVith  cover) 

Globular  shape  with  short  dragon-head  spout  and 
curved  handle.  Dense  bufif  toned  pate  with  raised  orna- 
ment in  the  form  of  small  stringed  shell-like  borders  and 

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five  rosettes,  uniformly  glazed  in  a  malachite-green  with 
iridescent  quality,  from  long  immurement. 

Ascribable  to  the  T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  8^  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 

loi — Ornamented  Green  Pottery  Vase  (Lu  tz'u  p'ing) 
Slender  oviformed  jar  shape,  with  four  side  handles  and 
pierced  foot  (through  which  silken  cord  braids  may  be 
passed).  Dense  buff-toned  pate  with  applied  ornaments 
in  low  relief,  showing  a  series  of  small  rosettes  with  pen- 
dants and  stringed  shell-like  borderings  on  shoulder 
under  a  uniform  translucent  and  lustrous  "jade-green" 
glaze.  Traces  of  earthy  incrustation  remaining  of  the 
loess  from  where  this  excavated  example  was  found. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  8  inches;  diameter,  5}i  inches. 

102 — Ornamented  Light  Celadon  Vase  (tz'u  p'ing) 

Shapely  bottle  form  with  melon  ribbed  body  and  slender 
spreading  neck,  sustaining  similar  fluted  ribbing,  sup- 
porting two  small  looped  handles,  together  with  a  nar- 
row key-fret  {lei-wen)  band  and  knobs.  The  porcel- 
lanous  buff  pate  with  translucent  glaze,  showing  a  light 
celadon  tinge  where  it  remained  thick,  surcharged  with 
crackle.    Has  sunken  biscuit  foot. 

Late  T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  8^  inches;  diameter,  4  inches. 

103 — Ornamented  Light  Celadon  Vase  {tz'u  p'ing) 

Graceful  pear  shape  with  flaring  neck  and  spreading 
foot.  Dense  porcellanous  buff  pate;  embellished  with 
a  series  of  impressed  linear  bands  composed  in  arabesque 
and  floral  scroll  designs  and  with  slight  relief  under  a 

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translucent  light  crackle  glaze,  showing  the  celadon 
(jade-like)  tint  where  it  remained  thick.  Has  sunken 
biscuit  foot  with  earthy  incrustations.  A  rare  fen-ch'ing 
example. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  7^  inches;  diameter,  4  inches. 

104 — Mottled  Tortoise  Shell  Red  Tripod  (Tang  tzu  lu) 
Globular  shape  with  short  everted  neck  and  three  feet 
(injured).  Dense  buff-toned  pate,  with  applied  orna- 
ment in  low  relief,  presenting  a  series  of  five  rosette-like 
panels,  with  impressed  scrolls  and  figures  of  men  who 
support  or  carry  large  hounds.  The  glazing  of  a  mot- 
tled "tortoise-shell"  red  color  including  characteristic 
yellow  and  green  splashes  of  clouding.  An  ancient  pro- 
totype of  the  eighteenth  century.  Whieldon  ware  of 
Staffordshire. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  5%   inches;  diameter,  6^   inches. 

105 — Mottled  Tortoise  Shell  PorrERY  Jar  (Tang  tzu 

kuan) 
Globular  Buddhist  alms  bowl  shape,  with  slightly  con- 
stricted mouth.  Dense  buff  pate;  the  exterior  partly  in- 
vested with  a  so-called  mottled  "tortoise-shell"  glazing, 
showing  fluorescent  yellow,  green  and  buff  tones  running 
down  the  side  in  serrated  ridges,  leaving  the  lower  half 
in  biscuit  state. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  6  inches;  diameter,  8^  inches. 

106 — Dark  Amber  Glazed  Vase  (T'ang  tzu  p'ing) 

Graceful  ovoidal  shape  with  attenuated  neck.  Dense 
h\xii  pate.    The  dark  reddish  brown  amber  toned  glaze, 

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being  only  applied  to  the  neck  and  shoulder,  has  run 
down  the  sides  in  serrated  form  of  "tear  drops"  leaving 
the  lower  portion  in  biscuit  state.  The  shoulder  show- 
ing a  linear  striate  band  under  the  glaze. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  10^  inches;  diameter,  6}i  inches. 

107— Small  Marbleized  Glaze  Jar  (Tang  tz'u  kuan) 
Globular  shape  with  short  straight  neck  and  small  low 
foot.  Dense  buff  pate  invested  with  a  mottled  brown 
and  yellow  glazing  in  marbled  effect  (of  the  "tortoise 
shell"  variety).  Exfoliations  in  the  glaze  appear  on 
the  shoulder  from  age  and  burial.  The  interior  is  thinly 
covered  with  a  light  green  glaze. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  4}i  inches;  diameter,  4}i  inches. 

108 — Ornate  Green  and  Yellow  Vase  (Tang  tz'u  p'ing) 
Unique  high  shouldered  clavate  shape  tapering  down  to 
an  attenuated  centre  with  spreading  foot.  Dense  buff- 
toned  pate  strongly  modeled  in  relief  with  lotus  flower 
stems  and  leafage.  These  being  picked  out  in  leaf-green 
glaze  of  iridescent  quality  against  an  amber-yellow 
ground  color.  The  lower  section  separated  by  a  narrow 
raised  band  showing  a  mottled  yellow  and  green  glaze 
with  iridescence  and  earthy  incrustations  from  long 
burial.    Has  deep  sunken  biscuit  foot. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  8^4  inches;  diameter,  4  inches. 

109 — Early  Polychrome  Colored  Jar  (Tang  hua  kuan) 
Globular  shape  with  short  everted  neck  and  constricted 
foot.     Dense  dark  greyish-buff  pate  decorated  with  a 

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geometrical  flowered  brocading,  showing  a  diapered  de- 
sign of  green  cubes,  centered  by  yellow  and  buff  glazed 
rosette-like  plum  blossoms.  The  colored  glazing  with 
exfoliations,  ends  above  the  biscuit  base. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  7}^  ifiches;  diameter,  7^  inches. 

1 10 — Engraved  and  Colored  Plate  {Tang  t'zu  hsi) 

Shallow  rounded  shape;  dense  buff  pdfe  in  outlines  in- 
cluding a  catfish  and  leafy  border  scrolls  picked  out 
in  emerald-green  against  a  mottled  buff  ground,  show- 
ing warm  and  brilliant  under  the  glazing.  The  reverse 
border  in  plainly  glazed  lustrous  green  whilst  the  bot- 
tom is  left  in  biscuit  state,  darkly  stained  by  wear  and 
age. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Diameter,  IOJ/2  inches. 

Ill — Engraved  and  Colored  Dish  (On  three  feet) 

Medium  deep  round  shape  and  raised  on  three  curved 
feet.  Dense  light  buff  pate,  with  thin  pale  toned  glaz- 
ing showing  fine  crackle  and  relieved  by  engraved  col- 
ored decoration.  The  engraved  centre  panel  sustains  a 
flying  duck  surrounded  by  radial  outlined  flower  motifs, 
filled  in  with  thickly  applied  yellow,  blue  and  green 
enamels,  joined  with  white  reserves. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  2^  inches;  diameter,   W/i  inches. 

112— Engraved  and  Colored  Dish  (On  three  feet) 

Medium  deep  rounded  shape,  raised  on  three  curved 
feet.  Dense  light  buff  pate,  with  thin  translucent  glaz- 
ing showing  an  ivory-white  tone,  relieved  by  engraved 
and  colored  decoration.    The  engraved  central  panel  sus- 

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taining  a  flying  duck  on  green  ground  surrounded  by 
radial  outlined  flower  motifs;  filled  in  with  thickly 
applied  yellow,  green  and  blue  enamels,  joined  with 
light  bufif  reserves.  Finished  by  a  plain  lustrous  green 
border. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  2%.  inches;  diameter,  11 J4  inches. 

113 — Curious  T'ang  Pottery  Bird  {shui  ti) 

Quaintly  fashioned  in  the  form  of  a  duck  with  small 

blossom  tray;  used  on  a  poet's  desk  as  "water  dripper" 

{shui  ti).     Dense  greyish-bufJ  pate  with  typical  green, 

yellow  and  white  toned  glazing,  showing  iridescence 

from  long  burial.    Rare  example. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Length,  5}i  inches. 

114 — T'ANG  Pottery  Saucer  {tzu  hieh) 

Shallow  rounded  shape;  dense  reddish-buff  pate  with 
engraved  and  colored  design,  presenting  a  simple  yel- 
low flower  and  white  leaf  motif  with  engraved  out- 
lining on  green  ground  surrounded  by  yellow  and  green 
bordering.    The  reverse  side  is  left  in  biscuit  state. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Diameter,  4j4  inches. 

115 — Decorated  Bowl  (tz'u  wan) 

Conventional  semi-globular  shape,  with  low  foot. 
Dense  light  buff  pate,  with  soft  cream-white  glaze;  the 
exterior  showing  a  pearly  opalescent  clouding  and 
"wheel  marks,"  while  its  interior  sustains  an  early  form 
of  painting  in  lustreless  red  and  green  floral  design 
together  with  simple  red  hair  lines. 

Late  T'ang  or  early  Sung  dynasty.    Tenth  century. 

Height,  2%  inches;  diameter,  5  inches. 
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ii6 — Green  Glazed  Pottery  Vase  (tao  p'iny) 

Graceful  pear  shape  with  slender  neck;  reddish  brown 
pottery  of  an  early  period,  invested  with  a  monochrome 
cucumber-rind  green  (ta  lii)  glaze  in  parts  showing 
slight  spots  of  exfoliation  from  age. 

Pre-T'ang  or  Sui  dynasty  type  ( ?).    Seventh  century,  A.D. 

Height,  9]^  inches;  diameter,  4  inches. 

iij — Small  Marbled  Grey  and  White  Jar  (hsiao  ying) 
Globular  shape  with  small  rimmed  aperture;  the  so- 
called  "agate  ware"  composed  with  a  marbled  blending 
of  greyish-drab  and  white  clay  pastes,  appearing  under 
a  thin  transparent  glazing. 

Ascribed  to  the  T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  3^4   inches;  diameter,  3^   inches. 

ii8 — Dark  Marbled  Pottery  Jar  {hsiao  ying) 

Low  oviform  with  small  rimmed  aperture.  Composed 
with  a  blending  of  blue,  yellow  and  red  clay  pastes, 
giving  the  solid  effect  of  dark  marbling  under  a  thin 
transparent  glaze,  added  to  which  appears  a  turquoise- 
colored  zone  on  one  side.     Rare  specimen. 

T'ang  dynasty,  618-906,  A.D. 

Height,  4%  inches;  diameter,  6  inches. 

119 — Iridescent  Han  Pottery  Goblet  {p'iao  tzu) 

Tazza  shape;  dense  reddish  buff  terra-cotta  toned  pate. 
The  exterior  of  this  bowl  showing  narrow  furrows  from 
the  wheel,  while  the  spreading  stem  is  ornately  moulded 
with  ovoidal  flutings.  The  leaf-green  glaze  is  invested 
with  a  silvery  iridescence  together  with  earthy  incrusta- 

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tion  and  exfoliations  or  peeling  from  long  immurement. 
A  pre-T'ang  type. 

Probably  eastern  Han.    Third  century,  A.D. 

Height,  3%  inches;  diameter,  4}i  inches. 


120 — Unique  Green  Glazed  Pottery  Goblet  {p'iao  tz'u) 
Tazza  shape,  with  spreading  stem.  The  ornate  ex- 
terior like  a  "lotus  padma"  showing  two  rows  of  the 
curling  lotus  flower  petals  in  bold  relief,  covered  with 
a  strongly  iridescent  dark  leaf-green  glaze  that  is  caked 
with  early  incrustation  of  loess  from  long  immurement. 
Slight  exfoliation  appearing  in  parts.  A  most  remark- 
able specimen  of  its  provenance,  dating  from  the  in- 
troduction of  Buddhism. 

Han  dynasty,  206    B.C.-220  A.D. 

Height,  4^  inches;  diameter,  4^  inches. 


121 — Green  Han  Pottery  Hill  Jar  (Without  cover) 

Cylindric  tripod  shape,  raised  on  three  feet  which  are 
moulded  in  form  of  bears.  Fashioned  after  a  pre-Han 
bronze  ritual  vessel  in  reddish  terra-cotta  toned  pate. 
The  body  is  encircled  by  deeply  impressed  ornamenta- 
tion, with  forest  scenes,  including  wild  animals,  such 
as  tigers,  deer,  monkeys,  and  demon  figures  among  trees 
and  rocks,  together  with  bird  forms.  Grotesque  masks 
with  rudimentary  rings  finish  the  relief  work.  Coated 
in  a  greyish  sage-green  glaze  and  showing  iridescence 
with  greyish  earthy  incrustations  peculiar  to  its  prove- 
nance. 

Han  dynasty,  206    B.C.-220  A.D. 

Height,  10 J4  inches;  diameter,  11 J^  inches. 
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122 — Ancient  Green  Pottery  Vase  (Lm  tz'u  p'ing) 

Bulbous  oviform  with  broad  cylindric  neck,  fashioned 
after  an  earlier  bronze  ritual  vessel.  Light  terra  cotta 
toned  pate,  invested  with  cucumber-rind  green  glaze  of 
mottled  and  lustrous  quality.  A  band  of  low  relief  work 
is  presented  on  the  shoulder,  composed  of  mythological 
figures  riding  on  various  creatures  and  hunting  wild 
animals.  This  ornate  impressed  border  is  interrupted 
on  either  side  by  monster  heads  to  simulate  handles  with 
rings,  while  flanking  striate  lines  finish  the  neck.  This 
excavated  example  remained  covered  with  an  earthy  in- 
crustation of  loess,  which  was  recently  cleaned  ofif. 
Han  dynasty,  206,  B.C.-220,  A.D. 

Height,  17^  inches;  diameter,  14  inches. 

123 — Unglazed  Pottery  Sepulchral  Figurine 

Representing  a  female  musician  with  hand  drum,  seated 
on  a  square  mat;  reddish  buflf  terra-cotta  ware  with  a 
slip  coating  of  white  clay,  showing  the  remains  of  an 
old  red  pigment,  together  with  earthy  incrustation  of 
a  reddish  loess,  from  which  it  was  exhumed  in  northern 
China. 

Sui  or  T'ang  dynasty,  581-906,  A.D. 

Height,  7  inches;  base,  3%.  x  3^  inches  square. 

124 — Glazed  Sepulchral  Figurine 

Representing  a  tall  court  lady  in  standing  pose,  with  the 
unglazed  head  in  biscuit  state;  shows  the  remains  of  a 
greyish  pigment.  Her  attire,  glazed  in  green  and  yel- 
low, includes  a  long  scarf  which  is  held  to  cover  the 
hands.  Earthy  incrustations  of  loess  from  which  it 
was  exhumed  appear  here  and  there  in  the  folds  of 
the  robes.  Its  foot  shows  a  white  clay  paste. 
Posterior  T'ang  or  later  Han  dynasty,  923-946,  A.D. 

Height,   12  inches;  base,  3  inches  square. 
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125 — White  Ting  Chou  Altar  Cup  with  Stem 

Broad  tazza  shape  with  shallow  bowl  and  expanding 
stem ;  close  grained  white  Ting-chou  pate.  The  exterior 
presenting  a  narrow  moulded  spiral  scroll  bordering  and 
five  Buddhist  images  that  appear  in  relief,  under  a  soft 
lustred  cream-white  glaze,  marked  with  deep  bufif- 
toned  staining  and  small  crackle.  Three  distinct  patches 
of  leaf-green  are  disclosed  on  the  upper  rim,  that  dis- 
tinguishes this  rare  Buddhist  temple  piece. 

Sung  dynasty,  960-1279,  A.D. 

Height,  4  inches;  diameter,  6}i  inches. 

Fitted  with  a  teakwood  cover  and  stand ;  the  former  being  sur- 
mounted by  a  jade  dragon  ornament. 


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